Scott Vogel – frontman of Terror and World Be Free – sat for his portrait during the marathon “Uhaul Sessions” this past April outside of Richmond’s United Blood hardcore and punk festival. I have known Scott for about twenty years now (wait – woah!) and it was an honor to make his portrait. I have been a fan of Scott’s bands for two decades – I think that I even booked Despair once – and it was a real kick to make his portrait. Thank you, Scott, for trusting me with your portrait!
I recently posted some old photos from Terror’s set at Hellfest 2003. Like the Terror photos, these Converge photos were made on film and scanned by a cruddy mall photo shop a few days after the fest wrapped up. Uggggh. Film was incredibly expensive to learn on…and shooting live photography was a costly adventure regardless of how far along the curve the photographer was. Things have changed. I walked away from concert photography right when things were getting much easier and cheaper. I used to hate running home from a shoot, running to the darkroom (or the mall), processing, scanning…
And now for something completely different – Well before I started assisting photographers and spending all of my time in the darkroom I pushed my way into photographing as many metal and hardcore bands as possible. Photography was a fantastic point of entry into hardcore – I had a reason to be there even when I didn’t know anybody and my cameras (and the work that I was producing) opened a lot of doors and started many friendships that I still have to this day. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Joel Dowling Photography. 